Which Fruit is Safe for Dogs, Cats and Other Pets?

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Got a pair of puppy/kitten/other adorable animal eyes staring at you whenever you eat?
Wish you could share the office fruit that you snuck to your house with your four-legged friend?
It's difficult sometimes knowing what you can feed your pets especially when all manner of delicious human food is already off-limits (I mean, how are dogs so happy all the time even though they can't eat chocolate?)
So we've broke it down for you so that any leftovers - a rarity, we know! - from your office fruit delivery can feed your pet happy and not cause a case of projectile pet puking. (What a waste of delicious fruit.)




Dogs

Anyone that owns a dog knows that the real challenge is not getting them to start eating new things, it's stopping them from eating everything and anything in sight - even things that can make them sick. 

So here's a list of fruits that it's safe for your pup to fill up on, followed by fruit that you need to keep well out of reach of their paws - and most importantly - their mouth!

Yes

• Apples - without seeds or core as these contain poisonous chemical compounds
• Blueberries
• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Blackberries
• Watermelon - without rind or seeds
• Frozen pieces of banana
• Cantaloupe melon - without rind or seeds
• Honeydew melon - without rind or seeds

No

• Lemon
• Lime
• Grapefruit
• Orange
• Apricots
• Plums
• Grapes
• Raisins
• Cherries

Cats

Felines are much pickier eaters and for good reasons - they lack many of the receptors for sweetness and are natural carnivores so plant matter isn't easily digested in their sensitive system. So, don't be offended if they don't scoff up the office fruit delivery in a manner similar to yourself on a Monday morning. Instead, be sure to introduce any new fruits in small portions and monitor any changes in their digestion (We know hanging round the litter tray isn't really the best way to spend your Friday night) 


Yes

• Frozen banana
• Watermelon - without rind or seeds
• Cantaloupe melon - without rind or seeds
• Honeydew melon - without rind or seeds

No

• Lime
• Lemon
• Grapefruit
• Orange
• Apricots
• Plums
• Grapes
• Raisins
• Cherries

Rabbits and Other Furries

The most common image is of a rabbit chomping on a carrot but they're partial to a fruit salad too! But, remember, bunnies, guinea pigs and other small, fluffy pets love sugary fruit a little too much so be sure to limit them to around two tablespoons a day otherwise it can easily cause digestive problems.

Yes

• Apples - without seeds or core as these contain poisonous chemical compounds
• Banana
• Blackberries - and their leaves
• Cherries - not the pits or any other part of the plant as they contain highly poisonous cyanide
• Grapes
• Kiwi 
• Mango 
• Melon
• Nectarines - remove the pit
• Papaya
• Peaches - remove the pit
• Pears - without seeds
• Pineapple
• Plums - remove the pit
• Raspberries - and the leaves
• Strawberries - and the leaves
• Tomatoes - WITHOUT the leaves

No

There's very little fruit that rabbits can eat but too much sugar found in fruit can easily cause illness.

Introduce fruit one at a time, in small portions and monitor your pet for any dental symptoms such as:

- Going off their food

- Weight Loss

- Drooling

- Wet Chin

- Discharge from the eye

- Messy bottom

Be sure to tweet us @office_fruit to ask us about any other fruit your pet can eat and be sure to visit www.fruitfortheoffice.co.uk to order your regular office fruit delivery or even a beautiful fruit basket to share with your furry friend (or keep all to yourself!)

A Day in the Life of... Office Manager @ FFTO

Sometimes it feels weird to be ordering (or thinking of ordering) from a company and not knowing anything about them. I mean, do the employees have Casual Friday, do they prefer tea or coffee, are they fruit ordering robots or people...?

So, we felt the best way to let you get to know our family-owned office fruit delivery company a bit better was by asking employees what they do on an average day - whether it's at our admin office in Greater London or at our fruit packing warehouse in Central London.

Callie, our office manager, works at our Essex office and spends her day doing every job under the sun - from making sure that office fruit orders are taken, to dealing with customer queries and even running the social media! So here's her (busy!) day in the life:

What is your title at work? 

Office manager

What gets you out of bed in the morning for work? (A song, a pet, amazing food, looking forward to something at work?) 

Generally knowing that there is so much to be done at the office. The phone starts ringing before the office opens at 09:00am so I have to be prompt when arriving!

What do you eat for breakfast and do you have it at home or work?

 I prefer not to eat first thing in the morning as I’m normally rushing around (oops) so it’s usually a banana on the way to work, or when I arrive a nice cup of tea and some berries.

Do you get made and dressed up for work or does it depend on what’s happening that day? 

We’re quite causal here at FFTO so unless I have meetings or we’re heading out after work it’s jeans and a tee!

How do you get into work? 

We’re a local family run business so many of us travel in by car.

What do you do as soon as you get into work? 

Kettle on, and answer the phone meanwhile. Normally crack a joke with accounts that start MEGA early, to start the day off right.

You’ve turned on your computer, what’s the first thing you do? 

We get a lot of enquiries about our services so I like to get back to those emails straight away! We communicate with our night time staff via email so I like to check that all deliveries are going out okay and if I need to contact any of our drivers or clients first thing.

Any meetings you have to attend? 

At present we’re interviewing for a few positions in the office, so it’s great meeting so many new people who are so interested in what we’re doing here. Lovely to get great feedback from individuals who may not have heard of the unique service we offer! Sometimes I attend new client meets to reassure our customers we’re regular ol’ humans organising their fruit deliveries, and that we know our stuff ;)

It’s time for elevenses, what do you grab for?

An apple! Fitting in the new scheme of 7-a-day means that I’m eating so much fruit, so regularly!

What work do you need to get done today?

I’m currently rearranging our office to accustom for the new starters. We’re growing so quickly we need new desks! I'm usually pestering our Directors about something, and it's great working for a small company in that they're so heavily involved and available. Today I need to ask our Head Buyer, Tom, if we can add a few new products to the website!

Is there much office banter or is it normally just rounds of tea, biscuits and pleasantries?

The tea flows all day, one of us is usually making! We’re all ladies here so it’s pretty polite… most of the time. We do have a hula hoop for a mad half hour; which tends to happen quite regularly when our nutty director, Lesley, is in the office!

Lunch at the desk or lunch out?

Lunch out! Working in a small office means that you never escape the ring of the telephone. A nice brisk walk helps refresh the brain, especially in the current sunshine! 

Do you have fruit in your office & do you find it improves staff health & productivity?

Yes! We prefer chopped fruit packs as it can take time to prepare when you're busy, although everybody gets excited in the summer when we have melon or pineapple to cut up. We eat a lot of fruit here as we have to lead by example! We do have treats in the office, but when you’re constantly talking about fruit it does make you crave a banana or an apple.

We hope you enjoyed finding out more about Fruit for the Office and what goes on behind that delicious box of fruit you get delivered to your office.

If you want to see more of these 'A Day in the Life of...' blogs, tweet us @office_fruit or leave a comment down below to let us know.

And, as always, give us a ring or an email if you're interested in an office fruit delivery or fruit gift basket in the London area and you might even get a response from the office manager herself - you lucky thing!

Is 7-a-Day the new 5-a-day?

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Once upon a time, an apple a day kept the doctor away.

Then came five-a-day - the recommended amount of fruit and veg to keep your doctor as far away as we thought possible.

But now it seems that seven is the magic number as new research suggests that 7-a-day might not only leave your GP writing forget-me-nots but will also keep death from knocking on your door too soon.


However, before this ground-breaking fruit news came to light Fruit for the Office HQ were already told on a daily basis that even 5-a-day is hard enough for most people, especially consistently busy office workers.

So now it's 7-a-day and with promises of living longer (no matter what age you start incorporating seven portions of fruit and veg into you diet) it just makes good sense to make today the day you start eating more fruit and vegetables!

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Pure Fruit Juice



None of that watered down, from concentrate nonsense. Get out the juicer and go to town on your fruit bowl or even just head to your local supermarket and keep an eye out for any juice that is 100% fruit - no filler, no sugar, no rubbish - or it won't count!

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Soup Bases



Not reserved for use only in vegetable soups, you can easily pack a portion (or two or even three!) into your soup. Most packaged soups contain sugar, salt and additives so dust off the slow cooker and add as many vegetables - and/or meat, stock and seasonings - as you like! Soup is cheap and almost impossible to get wrong and it's perfectly easy to pop into a tupperware and heat up on your lunch break!

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Don't Forget Frozen

There seems to be some kind of stigma against frozen fruit and veg but for an office employee who's always on the go, there's no reason to not have some freezer space reserved for a bag of frozen fruit to top yoghurt, frozen spinach to mix in with an omelette or even frozen stir fry veg to save you from retrieving a questionable bag of brown beansprouts from the back of the fridge a week later.





Tweet us @office_fruit if you've been trying to make the move from 5-a-day to 7-a-day!
Also, let us know in the comments if you think having an office fruit supplier would help most office workers to achieve this - or if Fruit for the Office already supply your London office, tell or tweet us if you think it's making a difference to your health!

#FeelGoodFruitFriday - 100 Happy Days Instagram Challenge

Instagram is normally a place to post selfies, photos of your cat or your 'totes amaze #foodporn' dinner.

However, 100 Happy Days fever is spreading worldwide as the international social experiment takes over Instagram!

It's a simple concept - all you need to do is post once a day for 100 straight days (using the hashtag #100happydays) a photo of something that made each of those 100 days happy!

100 Happy Days is spreading positivity not only around the internet but in real life too! So, why not give it a try? We've scoured the #100happydays tag to pick out our fruit favourites to give you a little inspiration.














































Tweet us @office_fruit with your Instagram username if you're already taking the 100 Happy Days challenge and we may share your photo on our Twitter! Also, comment down below and let us know what's made you happy today. Happy Friday everyone!

#FashionableFruitFriday - Natural DIY Lip Sugar Scrubs Recipes

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Cold weather can be a real pain in the peaches. Winter is a beauty battlefield and dry hair, dry skin and, of course, dry lips are the casualties. It can be hard traversing the makeup counters and pharmacies in the rainy, bitter months for a lip product that ticks all your boxes: moisturising, hydrating, cheap, long-lasting, exfoliating, natural - to name a few.

However, if you can see your office fruit box from across the room; it's sweet, delicious, natural treats just crying out to be eaten then you may be in luck - and be saving yourself from an expensive trek to the lip care aisle.

The restorative, beauty-enhancing effects of fruit have long been embraced - especially by us here at Fruit For The Office HQ! - so why shouldn't you be using them to keep dry, chapped lips at bay?


Edible Lip Sugar Scrub Recipe

• brown or white sugar
• extra virgin coconut oil
• fruit, essential oils or natural flavourings of your choice
• small airtight container to store it in

- Take whatever size container you want to store your lip scrub in and fill it halfway up with your sugar to measure.

- Remove the sugar then transfer to a mixing bowl

- Measure the coconut oil in the container as well, ensuring it also fills up to halway to get a 1:1 ratio of sugar to oil

- Transfer the measured oil to the mixing bowl then add your selected fruit, essential oils or natural flavourings at this point 

- Gently combine the sugar, oil and added ingredients together, making sure not to let the sugar granules dissolves by mixing for too long

- Spoon the scrub into your chosen container and refrigerate to keep it fresh for around 2-3 weeks, remove  from fridge five minutes before use to let soften

Flavour Ideas:

• Freshly squeezed Orange or Lemon juice and Honey 

The sweet combination of vitamin-packed citrus and soothing honey will have your lips kiss ready in no time

• Pumpkin puree and Cinnamon

Not only will your lip scrub taste like a winter dessert, pumpkin is full of skin saving Vitamin E! However, if using pumpkin puree, use it instead of the coconut oil in the recipe.

• Cranberry and Vanilla

Finely chopped dried cranberries are easy to order from your office fruit supplier and taste amazing combined with natural vanilla flavouring - just be sure not to eat the entire batch before your lips have had a pampering!



Tweet us @office_fruit and let us know your favourite winter dry skin remedies or leave them in the comments below!

As always, be sure to do a 48-hour patch test for all of these ingredients and recipes because although it's all natural, it doesn't mean it will have the same effect on everyone's skin!

#FashionableFruitFriday - Fashion Forecast: Spring Summer SS14 Tropical Fruit Trend

Liora Lassalle - Soft Fruit,
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London Fashion Week may have just ended but let's not get ahead of ourselves with the temptation of the gorgeous Autumn/Winter collections showcased - even though the doom and gloom of February had me wishing for one of the many stunning coats that went down the runway.

The Spring/Summer London Fashion Week last September may just be a distant memory for many of us but now is the time to get buying and wearing the trends we fawned over almost six months ago.

Liora Lassalle - Soft Fruit,
Hard Lines at Wowcracy

As much as I'd love to take you through every trend you'll see this Spring and Summer, as an office fruit supplier we had just one trend in our mind, heart and stomach - fruit.

Tropical fruit is a huge mainstay for this season and works well in conjunction with typical SS trends of neon, florals and pastels.


Designers such as Liora Lassalle and Clements Ribeiro were practically announcing their tropical fruit influences to revellers of SS14 London Fashion Week in September and now that the high street has caught up and started to bring in their range of next season goodies it's clear that their exotic fruit trend has caught on.

Orange Print Slingback Espadrilles
River Island - £25

Pineapple Print Blouse
River Island - £22

Pineapple Runner Shorts
Topshop - £14

Lemon Print Dungarees
River Island - £40

Tweet us @office_fruit and let us know if you'll be looking triumphant in tropical or safeguarding the SS staples of neon, pastel or floral. Also, give us a shout in the comments if you'd like to see more fashion forecasts from Fruit for the Office!

#FashionableFruitFriday - Easy DIY Hair Mask Recipes for Dry, Winter-Damaged Hair

If you're anything like us, nothing makes you feel better than a luscious head of hair. No matter how fit you've become with our help, dried and damaged tresses will make you look and feel unhealthy! But rather than shelling out your hard earned cash on a professional treatment or a bottle full of who-knows-what-chemicals, head for the kitchen and go all-natural! Fruit for the Office have dived hair first into the internet to bring you the best DIY hair treatments that you can make with any leftover fruit from your favourite office fruit supplier!

Banana Hair Mask

• 2 bananas
• 1 egg white
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons natural yoghurt
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Mash the bananas making sure to leave no chunks or even better - use a blender! Whisk the egg white then mix in thoroughly with the banana along with the remaining ingredients.

Wash, shampoo and towel dry hair. Make sure you're prepared for the mess with old towels and clothes! Cover you hair all over in the mask paying careful attention to the driest areas i.e. the ends. Once covered, put on a shower cap to avoid dripping and to add warmth. 

Leave on for at least 30 minutes or longer depending on how much your hair resembles straw! Wash out thoroughly until every last trace is washed away - using a small amount of shampoo - then dry and style as normal!

Strawberry Hair Mask

• Medium punnet of strawberries
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Mash or preferably blend the strawberries until a puree. Whisk the egg then mix in with the strawberries and olive oil.

Wash, shampoo and towel dry hair. Cover you hair all over in the mask from root to tip. Once covered, put on a shower cap to avoid dripping and to add warmth. 

Leave on for around 20 mins then wash out thoroughly using a small amount of shampoo. Dry and style as normal!

Let us know which of these all-natural intensive hair treatments worked best for you and any recipes you use yourself at home. Also, make sure to send us photos of your pampered locks @office_fruit - just be careful they don't blind us with their new shine!


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Recipe Sources: | Thoughts in Little Boxes | Daily Glow |

P.S. Before using, we advise our readers to do a patch test 48 hours before to avoid any adverse reactions. All recipes are used at own risk.

#FitFruitFriday - Healthy Fruit Breakfasts

Be it a chocolate-filled croissant with a large Frappuccino or the greasy temptation of a McMuffin, the commute to work can be a healthy eater's worst nightmare. Blame it on boredom or hormones for causing the cravings but the main culprit is always skipping a balanced breakfast. You may think skipping out on the most important meal of the day will help you onto the path of losing weight or that your cereal bar packed full of sugar will be enough to last you till noon but you couldn't be more wrong. Eating a great, fruit-filled breakfast keeps you fuller for longer and helps you on the path to looking and feeling your best. So, save yourself the money and the empty calories by giving to-go breakfasts the shove and start picking out the perfect porridge topping from your office fruit supplier.

• Porridge with fruit

Any type of fruit tends to go great with porridge, from blueberries and strawberries to bananas and raisins. If you're missing sprinkling sugar over your bowl of deliciousness then add a teaspoon of honey or add some cinnamon to perk you up.

• Fruit Salad

Needs no explanation - chop up whatever fruit you fancy from your office fruit box and scoff it down with whichever toppings you like. Easy peasy!

• Yoghurt with granola and fruit

Easy to whip up in a hurry and can even be enjoyed in a tupperware during the dreaded commute! Flavoured strained yoghurt or plain greek yoghurt always tastes the best with some sweet oaty granola. Here's our simple granola recipe that'll keep for a whole month:

1. Preheat oven to 150c/130c fan/gas mark 2
2. Mix 300g rolled oats, 1 tbsp vegetable oil, 125ml maple syrup, 2 tbsp honey and 1 tsp of vanilla extract in a large bowl
3. Add any seeds or nuts you wish at this point e.g. sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds
4. Tip onto two baking sheets ensuring it is spread evenly
5. Bake for 15 mins then add any dried fruits or unsweetened coconut you wish.
6. Bake for a further 10-15 mins before removing and leaving to cool
7. Once cool, store in an airtight container, ready to be enjoyed!

• Cottage cheese topped with fruit

Whether it be flavoured, plain, low-fat or full-fat, just top it with any assortment of fruit you like, along with some nuts or seeds too - for a protein & fibre-filled crunch!

• Banana Cocoa Pancakes

The Healthy Foodie has graced our tastebuds with this these angelic but sinfully delicious chocolate pancakes. We've omitted the recipe for the sauce so you'll have to go to her for that but we assure you it's just as delicious as you're imagining.

• ½ banana
• ½ cup coconut water
• ½ cup egg whites
• ½ cup spelt flour
• ¾ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp instant coffee granules
• A pinch of salt

1. Mix all ingredients together using a food processor
2. Coat a frying pan with cooking spray on a high heat
3. Pour a dollop onto the pan and once little bubbles form on the top, then flip.
4. Cook other side for approx 30 seconds then transfer to warm oven whilst you cook the rest
5. Stack them up and garnish with the low-fat chocolate sauce and raspberries/strawberries/bananas

What's your favourite healthy breakfast this new year? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us @office_fruit with your most Instagram-worthy photos of your morning meal!

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5 of the World’s Weirdest Fruits

We're always on the lookout for weird and wacky fruits. Whether they've got a name that sounds more like a disease, happen to look like a weapon rather than something you'd eat or are virtually unknown to majority of us, we just can't help finding out about them. So here are 5 of the weirdest fruits we came across!



The Kiwano
This yellow fruit has a spiky exterior which is probably why it has been given the nicknames of the Horned Melon and the African Horned Cucumber. It is native to the Kalahari Desert located in Africa and its taste is described as a blend of cucumber, kiwi, banana and lemon.  

Physalis

A physalis is almost like a gooseberry that grows inside a long papery husk and it surprisingly shares a relation to the tomato. Similarly it has a refreshing acidic taste to the tomato and can be used in many of the same ways such as in salads. Physalis fruit is native to the Americas, so most of it is imported from South America.  







Cherimoya
Grown across the world, cherimoya’s sweet/sour taste has been described as a mix of banana, pineapple and strawberry. The black seeds found inside are poisonous when crushed and its bark, when injected, can induce paralysis! It might have a unique flavour but it sounds to us as if it is more trouble than its worth!  






Synsepalum Dulcificum
One thing is for sure – its name is a bit of a mouthful. This unique fruit is also known as Miracle Fruit which is a whole lot easier to say for a start. So you’re wondering why Miracle Fruit? Well for starters it has the magical ability to make sour foods taste sweet. If you have one of the small red berries before tasting a lemon - for example - then you will find that your lemon tastes sweet rather than sour. Magic right?  




 
Custard Apple
The custard apple is also known as the ‘bull’s heart’ and is widely used for its medicinal benefits as much as its sweet taste. Its leaves can be used to make stains or dyes and the fruit itself and the bark can be used for healing purposes. It is said that the fruit originated in the West Indies but it is commonly grown throughout the Americas.





Have you tried any of these fruits? Let us know your favourite and keep checking our blog where we might bring you another 5 of the world’s weirdest fruits very soon!

A Healthy Sloshing: Fruit Alcohol

It's fine to admit that you don't like the taste of beer. Even a few of us here at Fruit for the Office can't stand the taste at the best of times, let alone in the height of summer! Even apple cider can be a bit too much for people, so why not take a look at our well-researched list of fruity tipple whilst we try and hold back the hiccups...

Marks and Spencer Cherry Wheat Beer

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Made with a wheat base, this beer then has cherry juice added to give it it's rich taste. Best enjoyed with rich chocolate desserts.

       Brothers Toffee Apple Cider        

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Super sweet, the toffee  really adds something to the original apple cider flavour and reminds us of festivals.






Crabbie's Spiced Orange Ginger Beer

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This classic ginger beer is infused with orange flavours, reminding us of vintage fairs and picnics.

Do you enjoy the 'natural' tastes of ciders and beers or will you be giving these fruity variations a try? Let us know in the comments below!

Five Favourite Fruit Posts of The Month

We love fruit. We like eating it as it comes, mixing into salads and we can’t get enough of having it cooked into desserts. For the past month, we've been keeping our eyes peeled across the web on the look out for incredible recipes using our favourite ingredients. There have been loads of excellent recipes from bbqd stone fruits to fruit filled tarts. But there have been some that we have dreamt about, salivated over and even tested out over here in Fruit HQ

Here are our five faves from July

The Food Yenta 

With the British strawberry harvest doing us proud this year in spite of the torrential rain we though we’d kick of with this twist on a classic. Early on this month The Food Yenta treated us to this delicious Strawberry Shortcake Trifle recipe

Baker Street

Then on to another classic British ingredient – cherries. Baker Street whipped up these utterly sophisticated Cherry and White Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Muffins. With her fab photography to boot we were drooling over these in Fruit HQ.

Cafe Terra Blog 

Things were starting to heat up when we found this delicious recipe for Refreshing Watermelon Lime Sorbet over on the Café Terra Blog. Two fresh fruits, one light scrummy desert – we were in heaven!  

 

Tinned Tomatoes

A recent tasty treat from Tinned Tomatoes is this Raspberry and White Chocolate Ripple Ice Cream. This super fast recipe takes just 25 minutes to prepare then you just stick it in the freezer and ignore it till you’re ready to serve. Couldn’t be easier.

 

You Made That

Last but not least, if you’re a fan of the Brit fave apple turnovers then this is a desert for you. You Made That gave us this great recipe for Blueberry Hand Pies. This simple desert comprises of hot fruit and flaky pastry – what more could you ask for.

Any of these got you itching to get in the kitchen?

Fruit and veg may help you kick the smoking habit

A study was published by the University of Buffalo in Science Daily yesterday that showed correlation between the cosumption of fruit and veg and the amount of cigarettes a person smokes.

The study found that smokers who ate more fruit and veg were three times more likely to not touch a cigeratte for at least 30 days than people who consumed less fruit and veg.

It also suggested that smokers who consumed more fruit and veg smoked less cigarettes a day. They also smoked their first cigarette later in the day and had a lower score on nicotine dependence.

So, if you're a smoker trying to quit the habit, what tastier, easier and healthier way is there to do it than eating fruit?

Try these options to help you kick the butt:

Carrot Batons

Studies have shown that when quitting smoking, it's sometimes the craving of having something between your fingers that hits the hardest. So the carrot stick is not only a tasty, crunchy snack, it's also a cigarette shaped subsitute to twiddle with - who said playing with your food wasn't good for you?!

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Bananas

A huge reason people rely on smoking, especially during office hours, is to combat stress. Well, bananas - as well as berries, mangos, cherries and kiwi - are rich in vitamin C that produces serotonin that helps relax you like nothing else can. So next time you try to use a smoky cigaratte as a relaxtion tool, think about how much more relaxing, satisfying and delicious fruit would be instead.


So when you next think of stopping smoking, try Fruit for The Office for fruit and veg that will not only help you in your quest but is also delivered directly to your office.

5-a-day before 9am: Fruity Breakfasts

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Everyone, especially office workers, needs a good breakfast to start the day and keep them full and active right up until lunch. However, rather than slathering butter on toast or frying up some stomach-expanding bacon, why not eat something that's not only healthy but will keep you satisfied.

Of course we all know that getting a good breakfast in before you get to work is hard and half the time there's not much hanging around the office kitchen to keep you going! But your London office fruit delivery can make a healthy breakfast so much easier with these 5 simple breakfasts you can make with your office fruit that will help you on your way to 5-a-day.

1. Muesli - Avaliable to order directly from Fruit For The Office, muesli not only contains raisins but with the addition of chopped bananas or berries, the muesli will not only keep you full of fibre, it will keep you fit and healthy. 
2. Fruit-topped Porridge - Porridge is already a convenience breakfast, easy to make in minutes in the microwave, and will keep you full for hours. However, it can sometimes be a little bland without something like sugar or honey. But with the addition of bananas, blueberries or pressed apricots you can get a sweet flavour whilst still getting your 5-a-day. 
3. Smoothie - Using our previous instructions for making smoothies without a blender, you can drink up an fresh and filling breakfast using fresh ingredients delivered to your office such as bananas, strawberries, apple juice, orange juice and milk. 
4. Fruit salad - A fresh fruit salad will give you the most of your 5-a-day and can be easily and quickly prepared to your liking or you can even be delivered a pre-prepared package of mixed fruit salad or just melon, pineapple or mango.
5. Grapefruit - Traditional and simple, a whole pink grapefruit is tangy, healthy and filling and can easily be added to your office fruit delivery. 

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Fruit Cakes

It’s Friday. So if there was ever a day when you deserved a bit of cake, today would be that day. We’ve trawled the web to find some of the the most spectacular baked offerings, but being Fruit For The Office – only cakes shaped like fruits are allowed.

Here's what we found.

Watermelon anyone? The the sugar content in a slice of this is probably going to be a bit higher than your average slice of watermelon!

Thanks to a certain talking yellow sponge, they has been a boom in pineapple shaped cakes! 

This beautifully round orange offering sits on a chocolate base. Delicious

A delicate bite sized miniature strawberry sponge

We don't know who Hannah Banana is, but we do know that she's a very lucky girl

This is a perfectly crafted pear cake

Another one for the dainty dolls out there we discovered these very cute apple cake pops. Down the hatch in one!

Unfortunately we can only offer you the real thing in your office fruit delivery. We're working on cakes though.

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FFTO Blogger of the Week – Cookie's Cakes and Bakes

This week’s winner is a fabulous blogger called Nicola. Her Cookie’s Cakes and Bakes blog has only been going for a few weeks but has already grabbed our attention over at Fruit HQ

Each blog post is made up of easy to follow step by step instructions and edible photography that makes you want to get your spatula out.



In the past few weeks her recipes have included Strawberry and Cream Cupcakes a Banana, Coconut and Passion Fruit Loaf Cake and our personal favourite Chocolate Orange Brownies.

Nicola has clearly proved herself to be a fruity blogger so she more than deserves the Fruit For The Office seal of approval.

Thanks Nicola!